Monday, February 25, 2008

Tarzan

Finished my drawergeeks entry early. I'm pretty happy with this painting and it came together much quicker than usual too. Yay! As I worked on this, I started wondering why Tarzan is so often depicted as clean-shaven. I guess I could have thrown in a moustache, chest hair etc. too, but why is that?

beautiful renedering and color! love the expression on his face, most of us can tend to make that expression from time to time thanks to LIFE!! Amazing blog! Really loved looking at your Mermaid and Flight pieces! Cheers to you!

I might try a tutorial in the future, however I'm still figuring out my process and might lead people down a crazy painting path. :) In the meantime, check out the link to Ryan Wood's page on the right side of my blog. He recently posted an AWESOME film of his painting process. It's super inspiring.

Tremendous work! I love the lighting. It seems subtle, yet dramatic at the same time. And I love the facial hair, sans mustache. It reminds me of Dennis Miller in “Joe Dirt” when he asks, “You mean it just grows in all white trash like that?”

Dang! I really admire your artistic skills. I discovered your blog not long ago, and spent my kids' entire nap time reading all of your blog entries back to the beginning. (I don't know how much experience you have with toddlers, but let me just say that that's about the highest compliment a father of two little ones can pay a person!) Keep up the great work.

When Tarzan was first popularized in the United States, the actor portraying him was well-known for his broad shoulders and well defined pecs (I read an article in Time when he died, I don't know his name). I think ever since then Tarzan has been a strange sort of sex-symbol, a specimen to show of the male physique, which is seen more clearly sans body-hair. I love your work! I just read Flight volume 4 and almost cried during your story. Great stuff.

The reason why Tarzan is always clean shaven is because he 'shaves'. Or more likely scrapes his hair off with a very sharp knife. It was mentioned in one of the books, just don't remember exactly which one (after all, there are 26 of them there).